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Meriwether County Sheriff's Office
Friday February 7th, 2020 :: 01:20 a.m. EST

Alert

Flood Warning until 05:48PM Saturday

...The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Georgia... Nancy Creek West Wesley Rd. near Atlanta affecting Fulton County ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia... Big Creek near Cumming affecting Forsyth County Big Creek near Alpharetta affecting Forsyth and Fulton Counties Chattahoochee River near Vinings Paces Ferry Road affecting Cobb and Fulton Counties Chattahoochee River near Atlanta South Cobb Drive affecting Cobb and Fulton Counties Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg affecting Carroll...Coweta and Heard Counties Chattahoochee River near Columbus affecting Lee...Russell... Chattahoochee and Muscogee Counties Suwanee Creek near Suwanee affecting Gwinnett County Sweetwater Creek near Austell affecting Cobb and Douglas Counties Flint River near Lovejoy affecting Clayton...Fayette and Spalding Counties Flint River near Griffin Hwy. 16 affecting Fayette and Spalding Counties Flint River near Carsonville Hwy. 19 affecting Crawford... Talbot...Taylor and Upson Counties Chattahoochee River near Vinings Cobb Parkway affecting Cobb and Fulton Counties Noses Creek near Powder Springs affecting Cobb County Flint River near Molena affecting Meriwether and Pike Counties Turkey Creek near Byromville affecting Dooly County The Flood Warning continues for The Flint River near Molena.

* From tomorrow evening until Saturday afternoon.

* At 9 PM Thursday the stage was 17.6 feet, and rising.

* Minor flooding is forecast to develop.

* Flood stage is 28 feet.

* The river is forecast to rise above flood stage by Friday evening, then continue rising, reaching near 28.4 feet by Saturday morning. The river is expected to fall below flood stage Saturday morning.

* At 20 feet, bankfull conditions are reached along the river from Flat Shoals Road to the Georgia Highway 74 bridge. At 28 feet, minor flooding of the natural flood plain near the gage location begins. Flooding continues to expand into the agricultural and wooded areas downstream from the gage near the Georgia Highway 74 bridge. Elevated homes in this location will see a foot or two of water underneath them.

* AFFECTED AREAS: PIKE, GA ... MERIWETHER, GA

Address/Location
Meriwether County Sheriff's Office
17400 Roosevelt Highway
Greenville, GA 30222

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 706-672-4489

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Flood Warning

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